And it comes to an end

As has become obvious my intention to blog each day in June was not a resounding success. I have however managed to blog more this month than the entire of last year. Of course none of these blog posts were stunningly fantastic. The process did remind me that I do not use writing as a way to record, review or evaluate. I regularly mull over things but I never write them down.

It's interesting to see how education, even society, has changed. Once the focus was on reading, writing and arithmetic. Now the focus is educating kids to become creators. There used to be a path the majority followed. Now we understand that we ( society & individuals) need people to follow a variety of paths. It's that variety that makes life vibrant and nurturing. Success is measured in a variety of ways now that go beyond a single target of monetary wealth, ideal family and social standing. 

Yes we are all on a path, but that path can change at any moment. Success has become a continuously moving target. What society sees as success today may be different tomorrow.

So move along your path in life, but don't be afraid to cut a new trail when you need to. Remember to document it so others can learn from your journey.

What day is it?

I managed to remember to blog every day last week yet have managed to forget this week. Things have actually been slowing down a little so why forget? 

I have a feeling that it's not so much being busy but "when" I'm most busy. Later in the day balances out fine. Early in the day and it effects everything for the rest of the day. And that was the difference between this week and last. I had extra things going on in the mornings this week which made it hard, impossible even, to get caught up. This affected my sleep which effected my energy level the next day. And 'round and 'round it goes. 

Something tells me I'd better get used to it. 

Ahhhhh

I am not sure why any time you need to make a change or fix something it changes the date of a post. I don't want the date to change I want to fix mistakes. Why is that so hard?

Playing with apps

Many thoughts

I woke this morning feeling rested physically but my mind was very active. Random bits from various conversations, moments and internal thoughts were swirling. I'm not sure what will come from all of these thoughts, if anything. It might be a sign that I need some quiet time to just 'be'.

Tonight might work for that.

Oops, Not Again?

Apparently I was so tired last night I forgot to post. Tonight I've spent the last hour reading my twitter stream while I gradually took up the "I'm soo tired I can't sit up straight" position. Most people would have thought I had fallen asleep at the table. I haven't. Instead I laid down so I wouldn't hurt myself if I did fall asleep.  Apparently I'm not tired enough to not notice that I'm rambling. Which is a good thing I think.  

Good night

Quiet

Quiet comes in different flavours. The quiet of an empty house. The quiet as you watch your show and no one bothers you. The quiet as you read a book, tuning out the distractions. The mental quiet of the morning before the day gets started. The quiet in the yard after the magpies have gone to sleep. 

Quiet balances our lives.

TV

Gotta love the modern age. Cable, satellite, web, streaming, you name it, you can see it. Guess I should go watch Sherlock with my hubby. 

Father's Day

In an odd twist this year my in laws have ended up cooking a family meal for both Mother's Day and Father's Day. Today it was ham, scallop potatoes and veggies. Family meals, even when limited to "immediate" family can include 10 people. Add in the cousins & "might as well be family" friends and we could be looking at 30. Today we limited it to immediate family & cousins. A good time was had be all including the dogs who kept trying to slip ham off the tables. 

I've been very thankful to have a terrific dad as well as a terrific father-in-law. Hubby is also a terrific dad. I am blessed to have them in my life.

Woohoo

The week is finally done! 

10 class visits to the library which all included a tour (small space, quick tour), basic library info, summer reading club talk, question & answer and if we had time a stories or two. The class visits have already paid off with a number of kids dragging their parents into the library to sign up for the summer reading club.

Preparation and execution for the annual used book sale. This was facilitated by an amazing set of volunteers. Thank heavens for Molu who's went above and beyond helping us get ready. We didn't sell lots but we did made a few hundred dollars. 

A very productive week overall.

 

Chilling

After a busy productive day it's nice to relax. Pjs, browsing the internet, listening to hubby watch his shows and chilling. Some days end really well.

SRC & Class Visits

Great day today. I had 5 class visits to the library. It was heart warming how many kids couldn't wait to sign up for the summer reading club. I'm glad so many of the teachers see the benefit in bringing their classes to the library. As usual the English Grade 6 class will not visit, yet the French Grade six class will. Hmmm. For the first time none of the Grade Five classes will visit. Not sure what is going on there. With school coming to a close soon it was great to connect with the kids before summer, giving us a chance to remind them about us. 

I'm anticipating that we'll get a large number registering for the SRC but only have a small group attending the weekly program. Hopefully we'll have better numbers than last year when we moved to Saturdays. This year we'll return to Tuesdays with Summer Fun coming in the morning and the library program running in the afternoon. 

Now if I could only find the time to get the details worked out. Maybe after the book sale this Saturday. 

(Always something)

Messy day

Some days are just not meant to be recorded. At least the details of the day aren't. I can say that I have a terrific husband who reacted with calm, cool, collectedness. Which in turn helped me recover my cool. Sometimes that's what you need, someone who will wade in and just do what needs to be done to get things back under control. 

To my husband I'd like to say thank you for getting me through this day. 

Love you.

I'm missing a few days

How the heck did it get to be Monday? I could have sworn I blogged on Saturday & only missed Sunday. 

We went to see Maleficent on Saturday and I was sure I blogged before I went to bed. (The movie was terrific by the way. We both highly recommend it.) What the heck happened (hands on hips, scowls at everyone)? 

Sunday was fun, funny, and exhausting. I did a girls day with my niece and 2 of her cousins. We did crafts, painted our nails, played and went to the park. Then came back and did more crafts. I'm sure the parents were thrilled with the pile of stuff each girl took home. 

I'm falling asleep as I write this. Guess I'd better go to bed. 

Good night. 

Long day

Long day, late night

Attended an annual workshop that I really enjoy because I am able to spend time with other children's programmers. 

Visited a cousin/friend in the hospital for a much shorter time than I would have liked. But we had to get home and she was looking tired/emotional. She's in for the long haul so we need to plan for that. 

Tomorrow, back to work and the extra stuff that helps our friend and our extended family. 

And this is how you find out

That adding a tag changes the publish date on a blog post. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Now to get some sleep before a VERY early day. 

What will I learn tomorrow?

Two days later...

One thousand and one excuses for not blogging yesterday: I was tired and went to bed early, forgetting to blog before bed as I intended. Okay that was one excuse & the truth at that. 

Why I was tired is harder to pin down. There seem to be a number of contributing factors from a poor rest the night before, to the ongoing worry of a friend in the hospital. One or two I could shrug off. Right now there are too many to ignore. It's not just physical tiredness either. It's mental and emotional tiredness as well.  Sometimes I want to curl up in a cave and sleep for a hundred years. Such is life. We learn we can't avoid things, we just have to deal with them. And sometimes it leaves you feeling tired. 

Since I was late

I thought I'd write 2 blog posts. 

I went back to see what I had been writing about in February and realized I could continue from there. 

So January we had the fire in the Zamboni room, got through 3 weeks of restoration work, heating unit for the temporary area died and we suffered through the 3 coldest weeks of the winter with no heat. In April the heat comes back on. Only it turns out the unit had never been fixed and as a result my boss gets carbon monoxide poisoning. It took 2 days to convince someone there was wrong. I was the only one who didn't get exposed but that is only because my boss had to close the library due to the high levels. 

So we're back to no heat which isn't terrible because it is finally spring and not freezing anymore. At this point there has been a decision to replace the units instead of fix them & the job is out for tender. We're pessimistically thinking it should be fixed about the time we move into the renovated building. Which we tentatively think will happen in September. Maybe.  

Okay I'll admit to becoming jaded about the whole project. One day I will have windows again. Some day, in the future. 

June is Blogging Month

I had intention of starting yesterday but of course...  Getting back into blogging after several months away from it is a challenge. I've come to the conclusion you need to have a schedule or routine to be successful at writing, whether writing a blog or a book. You also need courage to write and keep writing. Let's see if I can dig some up.